PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF NEW YORK 369 
Vespertilio fuscus Beauvois Brown bat 
1796 Vespertilo fuscus Beauvois, Cat. Peale’s museum. p. 14. 
1842 Vespertilio carolinensis De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mamma- 
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1864 Scotophilus fuscus AH. Allen, Monogr. bats N. Am, p. 31. 
1884 Vesperugo serotinus fuscus Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 
2: 86. 
1893 Adelonycteris fuscus H. Allen, Monogr. bats N. Am. p. 112. 
1896 Vesperugo fuscus Fisher, The Observer. May 1896. 7: 195. 
1897 Vespertilio fuscus Miller, North American fauna. no. 13. 16 Oct. 
1897. p. 96. 
1898 Vespertilio fuscus Mearns, Am. mus. nat. hist. Bul. g Sep. 
1898. 10: 344. 
1893 Vesperttho fuscus Mearns, U.S. Nat. mus. Proc. 21: 357. 
Type locality. Philadelphia, Pa. 
Faunal position. Austral zones and transition zone. 
fTabitat. Caves, hollow trees and crevices in buildings. This bat is 
usually very common in towns and cities. 
Distribution in New York. ‘The brown bat occurs throughout the non- 
boreal part of the state. The details of its distribution are not yet 
known. 
Principal records. De Kay: “I have obtained it from Kings co. and 
Prof. Emmons has observed it at Albany in the months of February and 
March” (42, p. 11). Merriam: “ Professor Baird has taken this species at 
Westport in Essex co. on the eastern border of the Adirondacks and I 
have procured a single specimen in Lewis co. on the western side of the 
district, but it is unquestionably the rarest bat found within the limits of 
the region” (84d, p. 86) Fisher: “Common [at Sing Sing] ” (’96, p. 
195). Mearns: ‘The big brown bat is very common [at Highland falls], 
often entering houses in pursuit of insects” (‘98a, p. 344). “Common 
[near Kaaterskill junction]” (’98b, p. 357). 
I have never met with this bat in New York. 
Mr Savage writes: ‘‘ The brown bat has been taken here on one occa- 
sion at least. Some time ago one of the pupils of the Central high 
school took a live specimen to Dr F. W. Barrows who had it mounted. 
I have recently examined the specimen.” 
Lasiurus cinereus (Beauvois) Hoary bat 
1796 Vespertilio linereus Beauvois, Cat. Peale’s museum. p. 14 
(obvious misprint for czvereus). 
1842 Vespertilio pruinosus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 
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